Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-30
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now Eve o. six vessels u Port Town
sid hazbaF unnbss % Ieavs for wzns d
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f1et thai uans 8sioFs are now Wc<k1ne
/ II khe eanaEEies % tha oolum6ia river,
whila o8haEs pssfeE working il ths hag-
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ssfs nnd intsxyiswed. II he d not .
tsetoaalsE be 10 very aps 10 besoms .
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P.T.-Oh. sse. you are not Up 70
shis aalloF- making buzinesa. III ex-
piafn myself. when q vessel % II need
of crew ard sailors ars saarce. The
AGENT Of the vessel empioys runners 70
rustic up q crew. These FannaEa are, Is
q class, Jolly GOOD fellows With plenty
Of money. They knock aroand the
Whaxvss and cheap boarding houses,
and when they h1d q gFeen-i0okiug H.
boFer Or fagetRner, they mako them
selves particularly aRreaahla to hfna,
and II be ell drink, e Il cut q short
time before they have his system 90
peFmsated With Port Townsend whisky
that be viii bs giad 10 90 10 &c. Be.
fore the paFalyxinG eject Of the stun
has come over him, be u takan before
Shipping OommissicnsF Bah, uhsEe be
either signs his name 10 the articles OF
makes bis mark, and before the effects
Of his spree have passed away. be is
90 board che vessel, and 10 q far
way to learn soma Of the
mysteries of q life on the ocean wave.
remember q few years ago when Sam
Coombs waa shipping commissioner In
Seattle, be sent several young men OF
your city 70 Pert Gamble 10 ship for
Australia. Only two Of the ave had
ever been on q sailing vessel before. and
yet they shipped as ordinary ssamen.
They Joined tbs vessel st Gamble. bat
on rsaehina Port Townsend thsy re-
fused 10 sign the articles, and after
considerable trouble. the CAPTAIN or
dered them taken on shore. Thas was
q narrow escape fer those young men,
~ the Captain with whom they we're
RUine Il one Of the meanest men Who
ever sailed cut Of Pueet Sound, and
doubtless wonld have killed one or
more Of the Seattle boys before reach
ing Australia. An amusing incident oc-
CARED in our port the other day. A
fellow vas made drunk and induced 70
sign the articles while IN that condi-
ton Who did not know any more about
q ship than hog knows about going TO
var: He vas taken On beard IN 9
dFanksn stnpoT, and when he sobered
Of and realized the true state OF affairs,
be threw q large plank overheard and
Jumped over after u. He Gas 10 the
water many hours before being rescued.
think this scarcity In the sailor mar
kes will soon be al an end, as tbs fishing
season on the Columbia IL nearly closed,
and the hundreds Of sailors working
there, after spending their earnings 10
the beer shops and dance halls viii be
on the lockout for vessels. and the
sailor market, instead Of being stiff.
will be very timber. as there vii be
more men than vessels. There are very
few Americans before the mast, even IN
the coastiDg trade. and frequently YES
sels come into Port Townsend harbor |
without an American IN her crew.